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Accession Data:

Gossypium barbadense L.

  • subg. Karpas

  • Common Name: Pima Cotton
  • Family: Malvaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Peru, though widely cultivated elsewhere

  • Description: It is a tropical perennial plant that produces yellow flowers and has black seeds. It grows as a small, bushy tree and yields cotton with unusually long, silky fibers.
  • Culture: It requires full sun and high humidity and rainfall.
  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800015
  • Source: Smith College Index 2007- #300
  • Provenance: Seed collected from open pollinated conservatory plants. Original plants wild collected in Peru.
  • Accession Date: 04-09-2008
  • Bench: 1311 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 11-22-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • SubFamily: Malvoideae
  • Tribe: Gossypieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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2024
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2020
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2018
2017
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2014
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2008

References (internal):

  • Fiber Plants
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Peru

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on 20 November 2015.
  2. Gossypium barbadense at Wikispecies. Last accessed 20 November 2015.
  3. Gossypium barbadense at Wikipedia. Last accessed 20 November 2015.

data regenerated on Fri, 02 May 2025 15:00:24 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Gossypium barbadense

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W/C = Wild Collected
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